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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

223 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

Flood Danger Mares Repeats Warning Bellinger to the Hunter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 5

The State meteorologist, Mr. Mares, expects violent rains within the next 24 hours, and warnings have been issued to shipping, and residents of the central and…

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Heavy Rain Northern Roads Blocked Deluge at Newcastle Steamer Orara Ten Hours Late Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4

Heavy rain throughout the district last night caused residents in some parts to spend an anxious time. At Cessnock the water entered…

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Grafton Show. Heavy Rain Escaped

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3

Grafton was fortunate in escaping the heavy rainfall experienced further south for the Royal Show this week, Numbers of people from this district…

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Boy Drowned Waded Into Flooded Creek. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

Keith Redman, 15, was caught by a strong current while wading in a swollen creek near Bulladelah yesterday after, a rabbit, and was drowned. His brother,…

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Deluge on Hastings 16 Inches in Three Days Large Areas Inundated. Wauchope

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5

The Hastings River has been deluged with torrential rain during the past three days, the total to 7 o'clock to-night being about 16…

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Deluge on Lower North Coast Sixteen Inches In Three Days Hunter, Manning and Hastings Rivers Rise Lowlying Lands Inundated -- Roads Blocked Flood Waters Interfere With Railway Services Serious Floods Narrowly Averted Cloudburst in Sydney -- Manly Suffers Severely

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5

Falls of rain aggregating up to 16 inches in a period of three days fell over the watersheds of the Hunter, Manning and Hastings Rivers up to yesterday morning, raising fears of further serious inundations. The position, however, improved somewhat during the day, although reports from Wanchope…

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Flood Rains on Hunter Water Invades Mines Water Reaches Railway Lines. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5

Heavy rain continued throughout the day, and the floods this afternoon had assumed alarming proportions in many parts…

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Heavy Rain on Tweed. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 2

Between nine and 10 inches of rain fell on the Tweed,yesterday, resulting in the main arms of the river and creeks overflowing, while the main river rose…

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Hunter Falling Hundreds of Homes Flooded. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 2

With the cessation of rain, the Hunter River commenced to fall, and the position is now much easier. Hundreds of homes have been flooded and over 1000 people…

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Floods Down South. Mails Delayed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 2

The rainfall registered at Coffs Harbour post office, for the week from Monday last until yesterday totalled 970 points. Very heavy rain fell on…

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Flood Victim Girl's Body Found. Scone

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

The body of Hazel Bramley, 10 years, who with her brother, Lawrence, eight years, was drowned in the floods on Friday was found in a creek half a mile…

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In Main Street Flood At Lismore Some Houses Under Water Six Feet Below February Inundation. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4

With water several feet deep extending to the hills, which border the town Ayn, Lismore to-day appeared to be surrounded. This was the…

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Hunter Flood Waters Now Receding. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 5

The latest news from Maitland states that the flood waters are receding. While the damages was not so serious as that [?] flood last year the work…

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Enterprising Farmer Makes Money Out of Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4

While scores of farmers suffered as a result of the flood, one man turned it into good effect on the Raymond Terrace to Hexham road on Saturday and Sunday…

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Shut It Down Coff's Harbor Work Labor Member's Idea Hunter River Flood Scheme Instead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

Complete cessation of work on the Coff's Harbor breakwater was advocated by Mr. O'Hearn, Labor member for Maitland, in the Legislative…

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Longest Way Round Proves Shortest Way Home Sugar Delegates' Flood Experience

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

The Clarence sugar delegates to the Bal[?]na Conference spent longer on the Richmond than they intended on account of the flood conditions…

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Terrific Storm Bellinger District Deluged Bellinger

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 4

A terrific storm swept down on the B[?]llinger River district from the west this afternoon and in 15 minutes, 118 points of rain were recorded…

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Riding the Gale in a Dead Calm Paradox of the Winds

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7

Alone of all creatines birds in free flight and insects on the wing do not feel a breath of wind that is blowing, no matter how fierce or temp[?]stuous the…

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Disappeared in Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2

Costing £100 to construct six months ago, the Lismore Rowing Club's new premises on the bank of Wilson's Creek disappeared during the flood. No trace was…

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Law Reform Storm In Parliament Bill Rushed Through "I'll Stop Your Mouth." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 5

A storm developed with amazing rapidity in the Legislative Assembly to-night when the Law Reform Bill passed its second reading without…

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